Robinson
(PC) Cassells v. Robinson
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 KEITH CASSELLS, No. 2:20-cv-0322-KJM-EFB P Plaintiff, v. FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS F. ROBINSON, et al., Defendants. 16 Plaintiff is a state prisoner proceeding without counsel in an action brought under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. After dismissal of plaintiff’s original complaint pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915A(a) (ECF No. 7), he has filed an amended complaint (ECF No. 12), which the court must now screen.1 Like the original complaint, the amended complaint alleges that defendants, employees at California Medical Facility’s mail room and trust office, interfered with correspondence sent to plaintiff from Metropolitan Life Insurance Company. The first piece of correspondence was postmarked October 7, 2019. ECF No. 12 at 4. According to plaintiff, defendants Sanchez and
1 Federal courts must engage in a preliminary screening of cases in which prisoners seek redress from a governmental entity or officer or employee…